Help! Spakers damaged during shipping?Paid insurance (with proof)being told not Insured?


LONGGGG story, here is short verison. (this has bene going on for the last 7-8 months!!!

I sold a pair of B&W speakers on audiogon.com as well as purchasing insurance and shipping label through audigon.com
When speakers arrive to buyer he notifies me immedietly with pictures that they are broken and boxes are all busted up like they had been dropped from a formitable height and landed on their head.
I file claim with audiogon (whom i purchased the insurance through). Claim is denied due to package "not being Insured'. How can it not be insured if I paid for the insurance at checkout when I purchased Shipping label

To clarify, the claim is not getting denied for handling the situation wrong ( i.e.-  throwing away the damaged item or something) nit actually is NOT EVEN GETTING THAt far. MY receipt says that I paid for insurance and show the amount I paid but' on their end' they are showing something different (that this was not insured).

How to Resolve? Next step of Action?
 





a_mulder
I'm not an expert but I have some legal experience. The info you received from previous replies here is valid and correct. Some folks do send broken and misrepresented items. Insurers do need to protect themselves from that. However, in my experience and common sense, if a company charges you for a service, you should have it. If there are issues that could invalidate that agreement the insurer should make that clear. Also, I often receive packages that are left at my door without a chance for me to inspect before I accept. Just be honest and follow up, I hope you get a break. 
Back a year or so ago I had purchased a used pre that was shipped from the mid-country to the east coast insured for the full price(4500). Buyer purchased new double box and packing materials from manufacturer. Package arrived and did not show any immediate signs of being mishandled. Upon unboxing and putting into the system 'something' was amiss, there was a noticeable noise coming from the unit. After a couple of emails back and forth we started a claim and I took the unit into a authorised repair shop. Turned out several of the output capacitors had the leads broken off from a impact, so it was determined that the box had been dropped on its side. FedEx paid the claim which was less than the full estimate, but would have probably covered the repair if I had not elected to replace all four of the output caps with new rather than just replacing the two that were unusable. It ended us costing me a bit, but in my estimation I got a good deal on the unit and it was worth the investment.

All in all I felt it went pretty well with the shipper
I am quickly seeing this thread has no point.  We have been presented with a very thin explanation of what happened. If this is been ongoing for 7-8 months, I feel there would have been more information provided, i.e. like why the insurance claim was rejected.  Through work, life, etc. I have had insurance claims rejected.  In every case, I asked why, and was provided it.  I think once I was not, and I wrote the person and copied their legal counsel and the BBB who they were listed with.

If the op does not provide more detail, i.e. why the insurance was rejected, perhaps some details of communication, etc. then there is no point in having this discussion. It just becomes a whine fest.
I know in my case, the seller was given a claim representative that maintained contact with me and the seller letting me know what they needed as documentation. It was a drawn out procedure, but they maintained contact throughout. All you (I) needed to do was give them what they wanted, ie. picks of all sides of outside box and picks of inside box and packaging. Probably 3-4 months until they paid the claim.
I bought big and heavy floor standings for my daughter from audiolab a couple years ago. They used some small, unknown shipping company. Upon delivery the OEM boxes was so weak and damaged, wholes and ruptures was all over it. When I saw the boxes on my porch for the first time I thought this is total negligence, but when I opened it the speakers inside were crispy clean, untouched and in perfect condition. Huge relive. I think the problem is bigger than we think. It careless unprofessional people performing work at job spots newer should be filled with such people. That is funny at some Starbucks locations those kind of people couldn’t even brew a coffee.